Medford man sentenced to prison for burning business
A Medford man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for burning down his pizza business in order to collect insurance money.
How to use technology to get ahead
We’ve all heard that technology can help us work smarter, not harder.
Officer sued by family of hostage killed in car chase (UPDATE)
The family of a woman fatally shot by police following a car chase that ended in Eden Prairie, Minn., last year is suing the officer who killed her.
Walker selects new Rusk County DA
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday appointed Jim Rennicke as Rusk County district attorney.
Bradley outraises Daley in Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has raised $265,000 so far in her re-election campaign.
Walker names new Waukesha County district attorney
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday appointed Susan Opper as Waukesha County District Attorney.
OLR alleges lawyer stole $359,990 from his mother’s trust
Attorney Anthony Karabon faces a two-year suspension of his law license from allegations that he stole money from his mother’s trust account.
Homicide charges in 2007 slaying dismissed, could be refiled
A judge in Wisconsin has dismissed homicide charges against a Minnesota woman set to go on trial in a 2007 slaying.
Court of Appeals judge to retire after 37 years
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Richard Brown announced Monday his plans to retire Aug. 1.
Investors sue BMO over Petters’ Ponzi scheme (UPDATE)
BMO Financial Group is facing four federal lawsuits filed by investor groups that claim a bank it acquired in 2011 was complicit in a $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme by a Minnesota man.
Judge orders board to post campaign finance decisions (UPDATE)
A federal judge has ordered state election officials to post links to decisions striking down swaths of Wisconsin's campaign finance laws on its website.
2014 Year in Review: New challenges at the Court of Appeals
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued 1,015 decisions in 2014, upholding about 83 percent of the cases from circuit courts, the same as the year prior.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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